by Ben Whedon
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he planned to hit the campaign trail in the 30 days ahead of the midterm elections.
“I’m gonna be campaigning for numerous people, both Congress — a few governors, I love the governors — but we’re interested in the Senate and we’re interest in the House,” he said.
“I will be going to Alaska,” he also said, indicating he would support Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, in his contentious reelection bid. That race has been complicated by the inclusion of another “Dan Sullivan” on the ballot, which Republicans have accused of deliberately attempting to mislead voters.
The midterms are expected to be competitive and the in-power party typically loses seats in the midterms. But Republicans are narrowly favored to hold the Senate and redistricting has netted Republicans several likely seats in the House.
Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election analyzer, has 21 House races and 6 Senate races as toss-ups. According to Polymarket, the Democratic Party has a 52% chance of winning the Senate and a 90% chance of winning the House.
During Trump’s first term in office, in the 2018 midterm elections, Republicans gained two Senate seats and lost 43 House seats. Overall voter turnout rate is much higher when Trump is on the ballot. In the 2018 and 2022 midterm elections, voter turnout was 49% and 46%, respectively. In the 2020 and 2024 elections, voter turnout was 66% and 64%, respectively.
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Ben Whedon is a reporter for Just the News. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
